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List of mosques
A partial list of famous mosques:
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Al-Aqsa, in Jerusalem
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Al-Azhar, the great mosque of Cairo, Egypt, whose university is the foremost school of Sunni Islam
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Al-Hakim Mosque, one of the largest Fatimid mosques in Cairo, Egypt
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Al-Rahma Mosque in Liverpool, England
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Ar-Rifaye Mosque, in Cairo, Egypt
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Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, India, now destroyed, and a site of recent violence between Muslims and Hindus
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Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan
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Baitul Mukarram in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Bajrakli mosque in Belgrade, Serbia, burnt in 2004, after ethnic violence during the Unrest in Kosovo
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Bayazid Bastami in Iran
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Dome of the Rock, or Masjid Al Sakhrah, in Jerusalem (not actually a Mosque but a shrine)
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Et'hem Bey Mosque in Tirana, Albania
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Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan
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Ferhadija mosque in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, destroyed in 1993
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Finsbury Park Mosque in London, UK
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Gazi Husrev-Beg Mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Great Mosque of Djenné in Djenné, Mali
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Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey (was a mosque from 1453 until 1934 and is now a museum)
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Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco
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Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar, People's Republic of China
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Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf, Iraq, the holiest Shi'ite mosque
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Isabey Mosque in near Izmir, Turkey
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Islamic Center of Washington in Washington, D.C., United States
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Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, the largest mosque in Southeast Asia.
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Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre in Hong Kong
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London Central Mosque in London, England
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Masjid al Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the "Great Mosque", holiest in Islam
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Masjid al Nabawi in Medina, Saudi Arabia
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Masjid Hajjah Fatimah in Singapore
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Masjid Sultan in Singapore
- The Mezquita in Córdoba, Spain (now a Catholic cathedral)
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Niujie Mosque in Beijing, China
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Masjid al-Quba, just outside Medina, Saudi Arabia, whose foundation stone was laid by the Prophet Muhammad himself.
- Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan , in Cairo, Egypt
- Mosque of Ibn Tulun , in Cairo, Egypt
- Mosque of Muhammad Ali at the Citadel, Cairo, Egypt
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Ribat-i Sharaf in Iran
- Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, Turkey
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Suleiman Mosque (Süleymaniye Mosque) in Istanbul, Turkey
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Sultan Ahmed Mosque ("the Blue Mosque") in Istanbul, Turkey
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Tsar's Mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Victoria Park Mosque in Manchester, England
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Wazir Khan Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan
See also
Last updated: 05-16-2005 08:23:49
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